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by oska 1306 days ago
The big platforms are being heavily leaned on by the US government to ban and censor users of those platforms. It's not a clear cut case of 'private businesses are under no obligation to do business with you'. And the US government prefers this way of suppressing free speech, as it gets them around the first amendment (i.e. they are not directly banning and censoring themselves, but indirectly through the platforms).